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US DHS deports illegal Indian immigrants
DHS regularly engages with foreign governments around the world to accept repatriations of their nationals without a legal basis to remain in the United States.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), through U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), deported Indian nationals, who did not establish legal basis to remain in the United States on Oct. 22.
The large-frame charter removal flight operated in cooperation with the Indian government, is in line with the DHs' commitment to reduce and deter irregular migration and jointly work to counter human smuggling with its international partners.
“Indian nationals without a legal basis to remain in the United States are subject to swift removal, and intending migrants should not fall for the lies of smugglers who proclaim otherwise,” said Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Kristie A. Canegallo. “The Department of Homeland Security will continue to enforce our nation’s laws.”
According to a news release, Over the last year, DHS has removed individuals to a range of countries around the world, including Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Egypt, Mauritania, Senegal, Uzbekistan, the PRC, and India. As a result of these efforts, DHS removed or returned more individuals in FY2024 than any year since FY2010.
Additionally, since June 2024, when the Securing the Border Presidential Proclamation and accompanying Interim Final Rule went into effect, encounters between ports of entry along the southwest border have decreased by 55 percent, the release stated.. In Fiscal Year 2024, DHS removed or returned over 160,000 individuals and operated more than 495 international repatriation flights to more than 145 countries—including India.
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